Advocates calling for better flow on addiction funding

Since last year, more than $95 million from a federal opioid settlement has been distributed to New Jersey, its 21 counties and 241 municipalities to fight addiction. But investing that capital is off to a slow start — about 6.2% has been appropriated — even as the Office of the Chief State Medical Examiner reports nearly 2,300 suspected drug deaths so far in 2023.

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